I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.

Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.

I never sing a song the same way twice.

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.